2025-01-03
27 分钟Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story, this is the point.
In the 2025 new year address,
Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed his expectation for both sides of the Taiwan Strait to work together toward a shared and prosperous future.
In recent years, cross-strait relations have grown increasingly complex.
To better understand the trajectory of the evolving dynamics, I spoke with Wu Yuen,
Chairman of Taiwan's Labour Party, the island's prominent left-wing party.
Born in 1949, a tumultuous time when the KMT or Kuomintang just retreated to the island after losing the civil war,
Wu's life has been deeply shaped by political upheavals in the region.
As a staunch advocate for communist ideals,
he actively participated in political movements that eventually led to his unrest.
He was sentenced to death, a punishment later commuted to life imprisonment, and eventually reduced to a 15-year term.
Reflecting on his political career, does Wu still hold steadfastly to his beliefs?
What mark has history left on him?
And how does he perceive the current state of cross-strait relations?
Here's our conversation.
Chairman Wu, welcome to the point.
Could you first recall to us your life story?
Why, since very early ages, you have been a firm believer and advocacy of reunification.
You even went to jail for 15 years because of your belief.
Back then, the governments on both sides of the Taiwan Strait were in direct opposition.